Disturbances in Content of Thought

Question 1

delusions

Answer 1

false beliefs about external reality without appropriate stimulus that cannot be explained by individual’s intelligence/cultural background

Question 2

compulsions

Answer 2

need to act on specific impulses to relieve anxiety

Question 3

obsessions

Answer 3

persistent thought or feeling that cannot be eliminated by logical thought

Question 4

concrete thinking

Answer 4

actual things, events and immediate experiences; inability to think abstractly